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3rd to 5th, screaming and apparently try- 

 ing to lure us away from tlieir young, 

 which appeared to he running about on 

 the gravel bars at the far side of the river. 

 Two were taken at Snake Island on August 

 13tjb. 



Solitary Sandpiper, Helodromas solita- 

 riu^. Two birds probably of this species 

 seen 10 miles below railway on Pagwa- 

 ehuan River. 



Spotted Sandpiper, Actites macularia. 

 Common throughout trip. 



Semipalmated Plover, ^^gialitis semi- 

 palmota. One seen near Chipie River, 

 August 16th; s,everal seen at Forks of Al- 

 bany, September 2nd. 



Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umlellus. One 

 seen at the Forks, Sept. 2nd., and one at 

 Pagwa, Sept. 16th. 



Marsh Hawk, Circus hudsovius. Nine 

 seen between Snake Island and the estuary 

 of the Albany River, August 14th-26th. 

 Two seen at the Forks, Sept. 2nd, and two 

 thirty miles up t/ie Kenogami, Sept. 6th. 



Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperi. One 

 seen at Albany estuary, August 25th, and 

 one at Fishing Creek, August 27th. 



American Goshawk, Accipiter atricapil- 

 ■lus. One female shot 30 miles above Forks 

 on Kenogami River, Sept. 5th. Three seen 

 between this point and English River post, 

 Sept. 5th. 



Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo horealis. Seen 

 as follows : — Five on Kenogami River be- 

 low English River post, August 11th; one 

 at estuary of Albany, August 24th ; one at 

 Sand Cherrj' Island'', August 27th; four 

 at the Forks, Sept. 2nd ; two twenty miles 

 above Forks on Albany River, August 3rd ; 

 two on Kenogami River, 30 miles above 

 English River post, Sept. 6th; one on 

 Kenogami River, 17 miles above English 

 River post, Sept. 10th; one at the mouth 

 of Pagwachuan, Sept. 13th, and one near 

 Pagwa, Sept. 15th. 



Broad-winged Hawk. Buteo platypterus. 

 One seen about six miles above mouth of 

 Pagwachuan River, July 31st. 



Pigeon Hawk, Palco columhnrius. Two 

 seen at Hat Island, Albany River, August 

 31st, and two, on Sept. 3rd, 20 miles above 

 Forks on Albany River. 



Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius. One 



5 75 miles above mouth of Albany. 



seen at Pagwachuan River, July 29th; two 

 seen at Snake Island, Albany River, Aug- 

 ust 14th. 



American Osprey, Pandion haliaetus 

 carolinensis. One seen at estuary of Al- 

 bany, August 18th and again August 25th. 

 Five seen at Henley River six miles below 

 the Forks, Sept. 1st; two seen on the Al- 

 bany River a few miles above the Forks, 

 a female being collected; one seen at tjhe 

 Forks, Sept. 5th. 



Short-eared Owl, Asio accipitrinus. Very 

 common every evening spent at Fort Al- 

 bany. , Six seen August 19th, ten on the 

 21st, two being collected. 



Great Horned Owl, Buho virgimanus. 

 One heard July 30th on Pagwachuan Riv- 

 er. One seen on same river July 31st. 

 One heard at Hat Island, August 31st. 



Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon. Seen 

 occasionally as far down as the head of 

 the estuary of the Albany, 20 birds being 

 counted in all. 



Hairy Woodpecker, Dryohates villosus. 

 One seen on Pagwachuan River, July 30th ; 

 two seen, on Hat Island, August 31st; one 

 heard at English River post, Sept. 7tja. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides 

 arcticus. One seen 20 miles above the 

 Forks on- Albany River, Sept. 3rd. 



American Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoi- 

 des americanus. One seen at head of Albany 

 estuary, August 19th, and at Fort Albany, 

 August 21st. 



Flicker, Colaptes auratiis. One seen near 

 mouth of Pagwachuan River, August 1st; 

 one heard at English River post, August 

 9th, and one seen August 10th ; two seen at 

 Forks of Albany, August 13th; one seen 

 on Pagwachuan River on Sept. 14th and 

 one on 15th. 



Night Hawk, Ghordeiles virginianus. 

 Fairly common on Kenogami river between 

 t/ie mouth of the Pagwachuan River and 

 the Forks of tlie Albany from August 3rd 

 to 12th ; one seen at the head of the Albany 

 estuary, August 18th. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher, Nuttalornis -bo- 

 realis. Heard on August 8th and 10th at 

 English River post, and one seen there 

 August 9th. 



Horned Lark, Otocoris alpestris. One 

 seen at Fort Albany, August 21st; thirty 

 seen on Albany River 20 miles above the 



